There are many, many instances of this 'dark' approach. Sukanya Verma looks at a few.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big clashes in the Independence Day weekend in the last decade.
To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast (he'd like that very much) to the magnificent Rishi Kapoor and his 25 essential performances.
A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood.
Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.
'My recent films didn't do well but that's a part of the game. I don't have any complaints. I feel sad and dejected, but you have to get moving,' Sharman Joshi tells Sonil Dedhia.
'I have been there at the right place at the right time, choosing the right film, working with people, who are working more on me. They take an average person and turn him into Sultan. So I have just been lucky.' Salman Khan talks Sultan.
'For the last ten years they have approached me every single year.' 'There was a year when I was really looking forward to going.' 'I wanted to see how interesting it is to spend 60 days with random people.' 'But as time progressed the dirt kept becoming bigger and bigger and personalities kept becoming smaller and smaller.'
Yet another success party and most of the industry turns up!
Sukanya Verma celebrates chandeliers on celluloid and their most memorable moments in Hindi films.
Learn to enjoy baarish Bollywood style.
Pran lived a full life, entertaining and scaring the hell out of many people, writes Aseem Chhabra, in his tribute to the legendary actor who passed away on July 12.
From bikinis to superhero spandex, it's all in a day's work for these film folk!
For the love of films... and larger-than-life food!
'Some months before his death, when I had inquired about his health, he was annoyed that people assumed the worst.' '"I am not going anywhere," Rishi snapped as only he could.'
Soorma Director Shaadi Ali moves on to his next biopic. Vivek Agnihotri reveals the subject of his next film. Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.
Which of these films will make it to the Rs 100 crore club?
Meet Joya Nandy Kazi, Hollywood's go-to-choreographer for Indian traditional dance and Bollywood style dance routines.
Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
'Indian men like Indian women to be decent.' 'If I show everything, what's the point?'
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
From SRK to Big B, many actors have played a double role in the movies.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the trend's most memorable incarnations in recent times.
In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Rishi Kapoor-Sridevi-Vinod Khanna starrer Chandni.
The Haider star enters holy matrimony for real on July 7.
There's no way you can survive without your sister!
Deepika, Sonam, Aishwarya, Sridevi, Hema Malini...
'Rishi Kapoor was a complete original.' 'He dazzled the screen and stayed a livewire off it as well,' remembers Sukanya Verma.
Get inspired from Bollywood and holiday in style!
This December has a lot in common with the Diwali of 2007!
Long before Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Rajshri made some beautiful movies.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
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